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“AMC is our partner, not our competitor,” Imax CEO Richard Gelfond told CNBC on Monday “Their liquidity is good for us.”

“Hamilton” received a $30 million grant from the government’s program for shuttered businesses and could receive up to $20 million more.

The Small Business Administration’s Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program got off to a glitchy start, and applicants say there continue to be problems.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that Broadway theaters will reopen just after Labor Day at full capacity.

The cast appears at first chatting amiably as they enter a theater.

“Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical” is getting the Broadway treatment as an all-star streaming event after a social media ode to the 2007 Disney Pixar film became a hit with over 20 million views. Daniel Mertzlufft, the NYC based composer who started the social movement, joined LX News to talk about the virtual concert and how it will do some good...

The lights on Broadway are set to remain dark until at least January, but there will be a plethora of new online productions of some of classic plays this fall with a handful of self-isolating actors, including Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, Patti LuPone, Laura Linney and David Alan Grier.

The Olney Theatre Center has had to furlough more than 50% of its full-time staff as it struggles to get by during the pandemic. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports how the theater hopes to survive.

Time never softened the urgency of Larry Kramer’s demands. Theatergoers leaving a celebrated revival of Kramer’s “The Normal Heart” in 2011 were greeted by the playwright himself, deep in his 70s by then, handing out leaflets outside the Broadway theater demanding they do more to stop AIDS. “Please know that AIDS is a worldwide plague. Please know there is...

Germany’s Berliner Ensemble theater company’s before-and-after pictures with half the chairs removed hint at how theaters may look when they reopen.

Actor’s Equity, a national actors’ union, recently called the Washington, D.C. region one of the fastest-growing theater towns in America. But, it’s been nearly two months since dozens of local theaters sent actors home and went dark because of the coronavirus pandemic.

News4’s Aaron Gilchrist talks to a leader in D.C.’s up-and-coming theater industry to find out how it is being impacted by COVID-19, and how theater lovers can help.

The new production of Guys and Dolls at the Ford Theater went dark on opening night as coronavirus restrictions took place. News4’s Wendy Reiger has the story of how the theater group still brought the show to life.

The theater community went online to deliver music and performances to disappointed fans after shows were forced to close through April 12.

The drama director at Fairfax Academy for Communications and the Arts runs his classes like a professional acting academy. After directing at the school for 20 years, Mike Replogle plans to retire. Replogle teaches his students how to succeed as professional actors, not only directing the school’s theatrical productions, but also teaching classes on headshots and resumes. After serving in…

News4’s Leon Harris profiles Mike Replogle, retiring drama director at Fairfax Academy for Communications and the Arts, who influenced a generation of young Fairfax County actors.

If you still haven’t seen “Hamilton,” you’re getting another shot. The blockbuster play is set to show again at the Kennedy Center from June 16 to Sept. 20. Kennedy Center members will be able to purchase tickets starting March 2. Tickets go on sale to the general public March 9. Info about the cost of tickets will be released later,…